They tell us only as much as is convenient for them. But even if we did know... They could tell us nothing, or everything, and we'd still do what they say.
FROM: comstock.elizabeth@cdc.org
It's that, or risk everything we left behind when we came here. Isn't it?
I don't know. It makes me think... that maybe there's something else going on here. Something more complicated. What it might be, I can't say. It's just a feeling.
[ Optimistic, perhaps. But it's a possibility Elizabeth's not willing to rule out, because she's learned things are often more complicated than they seem. ]
FROM: comstock.elizabeth@cdc.org
But it's impossible to say. We don't know enough. We can only make the best of what we're given.
We can. [ And she fully intends to, but... ] Carefully. They still have control over us, and if they decide we've overstepped our boundaries, it won't end well.
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It's not your fault. They didn't even tell us why this is happening.
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It doesn't seem as though they like telling us anything. I wonder if they think we'd not cooperate if we knew.
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They tell us only as much as is convenient for them. But even if we did know... They could tell us nothing, or everything, and we'd still do what they say.
FROM: comstock.elizabeth@cdc.org
It's that, or risk everything we left behind when we came here. Isn't it?
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FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
Then why stay so silent? Why refuse to disclose anything, if they can always hold that over our heads?
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I don't know. It makes me think... that maybe there's something else going on here. Something more complicated. What it might be, I can't say. It's just a feeling.
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You might be right.
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
If you are, that’s worth knowing, isn’t it? If somehow, we’re helping them do something even worse than what they’ve said.
[ Though what could be worse than destroying planets? Would he even want to know? ]
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Or maybe something better.
[ Optimistic, perhaps. But it's a possibility Elizabeth's not willing to rule out, because she's learned things are often more complicated than they seem. ]
FROM: comstock.elizabeth@cdc.org
But it's impossible to say. We don't know enough. We can only make the best of what we're given.
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Or we can try to find out more.
[ He's not optimistic, not about this. But if there's a truth to be discovered, he wants to find it. ]
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We can. [ And she fully intends to, but... ] Carefully. They still have control over us, and if they decide we've overstepped our boundaries, it won't end well.
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And they're always watching.
[ Such as now, for example. So, bearing that in mind: ]
FROM: d'artagnan@cdc.org
We don't step outside our orders. We play our part.